USA Africa Dialogue Series - Global Tuberculosis Report 2013

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major global health problem. In 2012, an estimated 8.6 million people developed TB and 1.3 million died from the disease (including 320 000 deaths among HIV-positive people). The number of TB deaths is unacceptably large given that most are preventable.

Of the US$ 7‒8 billion per year required in low and middle-income countries in 2014 and 2015, about two thirds is needed for the detection and treatment of drug-susceptible TB, 20% for treatment of MDR-TB, 10% for rapid diagnostic tests and associated laboratory strengthening, and 5% for collaborative TB/HIV activ¬ities.

Nearly 20 years after the WHO declaration of TB as a global public health emergency, major progress has been made towards 2015 global targets set within the context of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Two years ahead of the deadline, the Global Tuberculosis Report 2013 and accompanying supplement Countdown to 2015 assess progress towards the 2015 targets and the top priority actions needed to achieve and/or move beyond them.

The report is based primarily on data provided by WHO’s Member States. In 2013, data were reported by 178 Mem¬ber States and a total of 197 countries and territories that collectively have more than 99% of the world’s TB cases.